As for "Not much point there" I disagree. The "point" is to get his work done.
We didn't see the point in running a Linux host with a VMWare client only to run Windows pretty much 100% of the time on top of all that. The end user would be right where they started, running Windows full screen, and doing all their work and play in windows (play being non-work/university related websurfing, emailing, IM chatting etc.). They would have no compelling reason to use any software on the Linux host. OpenOffice is already installed on the existing Windows install.... same with Firefox etc. We simply didn't see the gain, and only saw an additional layer of complexity to this computer. Worth noting, this isn't a big business case... it is a small private computer network (4 to 5 machines) The reason for wanting to go Linux is basically to save the end user from himself. :-) He's not exactly a person who practices safe computing. The machine he's using is constantly needing to be rebuilt. The current solution is a snapshot of the current install that is restored as needed - really no different than doing a VMWare snapshot. It is interesting to hear your experience and conclusions on this though. I also liked Verner's suggestion of the rdesktop thing. There is a dual Xenon computer that could be used as a Win2003 server, and then AutoCAD could be served up in an rdesktop... that way the end user would be in Linux all the time, and only rlogged to the Windows machine to run the one application. C -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
